It has little eo do with caring and everything to do with not having the mental capacity to understand that actions have consequences.
They literally get angry, upset and confused when faced with the punishment for the crime they committed, they do not have the ability to connect the criminal act they committed as the reason for the punishment.
To be overly verbose compared to the other replier's pithy joke:
Capital punishment works as a two-way deterrent. The "fear of execution" element isn't for those who would do the crime anyways, it's to encourage greater care and caution amongst the "lesser" criminals, in example a mugger would avoid hitting someone in the head if they knew the difference between brain damage and no-brain-damage mugging was a week in a slammer or death.
As for the ones who would do the crime anyways, it still lowers crime rate in the area, because almost all criminals are multiple-offenders. Most murderers are also batterers, assaulters, thieves, money launderers, or extortionists. And the greatest indicator for if someone will murder, is if they have in the past: If you are willing to kill one, you're usually willing to kill two. Permanently stopping a violent maniac can reduce the overall crime count in a neighborhood by dozens, if not hundreds, over the course of their otherwise-lifespan.
There's an anecdote that's frequently mentioned on the Lotus Eaters, gangs of thieves would check each other before committing burglaries for weapons to make sure no-one was carrying.
Fear of execution won't stop jig gang bangers. They don't seem to care
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It has little eo do with caring and everything to do with not having the mental capacity to understand that actions have consequences.
They literally get angry, upset and confused when faced with the punishment for the crime they committed, they do not have the ability to connect the criminal act they committed as the reason for the punishment.
To be overly verbose compared to the other replier's pithy joke:
Capital punishment works as a two-way deterrent. The "fear of execution" element isn't for those who would do the crime anyways, it's to encourage greater care and caution amongst the "lesser" criminals, in example a mugger would avoid hitting someone in the head if they knew the difference between brain damage and no-brain-damage mugging was a week in a slammer or death.
As for the ones who would do the crime anyways, it still lowers crime rate in the area, because almost all criminals are multiple-offenders. Most murderers are also batterers, assaulters, thieves, money launderers, or extortionists. And the greatest indicator for if someone will murder, is if they have in the past: If you are willing to kill one, you're usually willing to kill two. Permanently stopping a violent maniac can reduce the overall crime count in a neighborhood by dozens, if not hundreds, over the course of their otherwise-lifespan.
There's an anecdote that's frequently mentioned on the Lotus Eaters, gangs of thieves would check each other before committing burglaries for weapons to make sure no-one was carrying.